WatchExternally in Phoenix please?

[Fuzzy]

I know it's been requested before, and honestly, I have started looking through the phoenix STV to find where best to add it in, but I really feel this is the only thing missing in phoenix in my current setup. What I am wanting to do, is simply check the same properties my default UI Mod checks (so configuration would still be done in the detailed setup -> dvd menu).

Basically, when trying to play an item, it first checks:

IsBluRay(MediaItem) && GetProperty("fuzzy/WatchExternally_BluRay",false)

and if true, it will perform the following:

ExecuteProcess(GetProperty("fuzzy/WatchExternally_path",java_lang_String_replaceAll(GetPathParentDirectory(GetProperty("STV",null)) + "/WatchExternally.bat","\\\\","/")), GetFileForSegment(Airing,0), null, true)

Obviously, the passed in variable will need to be changed (I think I saw it called MediaItem in phoenix.xml), but this SHOULD allow those who have set up the external watching in the default stv to continue that functionality in phoenix... Any chance of some help in this direction?

Thanks,
Fuzzy

[bialio]

I'll take a look next time I'm in there. Doesn't look too difficult...

[Fuzzy]

I worked the mods into my copy of 409, and it seems to be functioning properly. here's what i've got in there:

I tried making an UID difference stvi, but it failed to import properly.

[Kirby]

Awesome! Cant wait for this to be part of Phoenix! Its the only reason I switched back to Diamond.

[Fuzzy]

Here's a link to my modified phoenix.xml. Use at your own risk. I'm not a part of the phoenix team, and could very well have broken something in there. It is working fine on my production system, but again, your results may vary.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8593871/Phoe...ernally%29.zip

Unzip this into your SageTV/STVs/SageTV7 folder, and point your UI to the new XML file in sageclient.properties, change the STV line similar to this, with your actual path:

STV=D\:\\Programs\\SageTV\\SageTV\\STVs\\SageTV7\\Phoenix (with WatchExternally).xml

This requires that you have set up the watch externally plugin in the default STV, and that it works properly there. This will only work for launching BluRay's from in Phoenix. All other caveats of my Watch Externally plugin apply (rolling your own control of whatever external app you use, etc).

This is also a replacement only for version 409 of phoenix. It will not work with any other version, older or later.

[bialio]

I"m trying to add this into P2, but can't find how to configure it in the default UI.

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by bialio

I"m trying to add this into P2, but can't find how to configure it in the default UI.

In the default UI, you have to have the appropriate plugin installed, and it is configured in Detailed Setup -> DVD. Though if I remember right, there was a bug in the file picker when run on a client that I never tackled...